To stableford truck



A. 0. HUNSAKER AND J. C. WOODMANCY.

VEHICLE SPRING.

APPLICATION HLED mm. 22. 1911. nzuzwao APR- 12.1920.

Patented Nov. 23, 1920.

INVENTOR.

WITNESSES:

s eves ALONZO uneasine s]; Jenn o. .wooi)MA1vc or. oriroeso, I LINoIs, AssisNoRs T0 STABLEFORD trnuoiciannnreorua neco., o'ronroeeoarnmno s, A conron'a TION or ARIZONA.

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Specification of'Iletters' Patent; Patehsefi NQ'V,23,

Application filed mum ea, 1e17, SeriaLNo. 142,323. ,Renewed ,April 12, 1920. Serial no. 373,387.

ToaZZ whom it may concern be it knownthat WG,"ALONZO semen and JOHN C. "WoonMANoY, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of Chicago, county ofiCook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Vehicle-Springs, of which the following is a specification.

@ur inventionrelates to improvements in. vehicle springs, and l1as,.foraits* ob3ect the provision of an improved .COIlStItHCtIOD. of

this character whereby swaying. of thevehicle will be prevented, a: secure mountmg for the springs provided, .and the coopcrating axle of, the vehicle stiffened and strengthened. I

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter de-- scribed and claimed 5 7 The lnventron willbe' best understood by reference "to the accompanying drawings forming a partof thls specificatiomand m.

which,

Figure 1 the springs in positionof use, I

Fig. 2, an enlarged view illustrating one of the supports for the springs,

Fig". 3, a view at right angles to Fig. 2, with the spring indicated removed,

Fig. at, a top plan view corresponding to Fig. 2, with the spring indicated, removed,

Fig. 5, a detail section illustrating a nipple employed in securing the construction in place, and I Fig. 6, an end view of said nipple.

The preferred form of construction, as illustrated in the drawings, comprises a pair of rip-standing supports each consisting of two brackets 7 secured together adjacent their lower ends by means of bolts 7 and each provided witha saddle or clamping block 7 adapted to rest upon the top of an ordinary automobile axle 22. The brackets 7 are spread at their lower ends to form, in

conjunction with the saddles 7 socketsto rest upon the axle 22. Cooperating with each of said supports is a securing bracket 8 having a semi-cylindrical socket 8' 0pposed to the socket of the corresponding support 7 and secured thereto by means of bolts 9 to clamp the support on the axle. Each of the brackets 8 isprovided with a semi-circular flange 10 having holes therein adapted to receive nipples 11 provided with O. HUN- bracket 8 inplace on the axle.

are provided with threaded bolt proj ections is a perspective. viewillustrating threaded sockets lll adapted to "receive the ordinary axle flange bolts 12 tosecure the Nipples 11 11 adapted toreceivethe usual nuts 12 for securing the bracket 8 in place- Each of the supports 7 is thus formed with a central opening or perforation 13 adapted to permit the passage ofthe ends of the ordinary vehicle spring14l- .which has its ends secured to the ends of the axle and its central portionsecured to the bottom of the vehicle or automobilebody, in theusual manner, the construction illustrated being that of the ordinary Ford automobile.

the upper end of each of the supports 7 to extend longitudinally with respect to the vehicle and is provided, at its ends, with the usual securingbraclrets 15: by means of which the same may be secured to thelo'ottom An ordinary .semi-elliptical spr ng 15. is mounted upon ,7 of the vehicle body, above thecorresponding i .supports 7. "Each of the springs 1-5 ispreferably securedto the corresponding support 7 on the ends thereof, said tie rod 19 being arranged also to rest upon the ordinary differential housing 21' formed at the center of the axle 22. I

By this arrangement the vehicle body will be adequately supported to prevent swaying thereof under heavy loads, and the axle itself greatly strengthened and stiffened by means of the truss construction effected by the tie rod 19 and the axle 22.

While we have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying our invention into effect, this is capa ble of variation and modification without departing from thespirit of the invention.

We, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth,

7 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

' 1. The combination with an axle and a -spring having itsends connected with said and a supplemental each of said supports and arranged to be axle, of supports secured to opposite ends of said axle, each provided with an opening to permit the passage of said spring ends; spring onfthe top of secured to the bottom of a vehicle body above a said axle, each provided with. an opening 7 and in substantially the same longitudinal plane as said support, substantially asdescribed. I

2. The combination with anaxle and ,a spring having its ends connected with said axle, 01" supports secured to opposite ends of at their bottoms, adapted tov partially em- 5 brace and rest upon said axle, each or said supportshaving an opening to permit the passage of said spring ends; brackets having semi-cylindrical sockets partially embracing and resting agalnst the bottom of.

said axle, said lQItLCKQtS having flanges bolted v to the axle flanges; bolts securing the supporting sockets to the bracket sockets to clamp upon theaxle; and springs on the upper ends of said supports and arranged to be secured to the bottomvof a vehicle body, above and in substantially the same longitudinal plane as said supports, substantially as described.

4. The combination with an 'axle,"having securing flanges at theends'thereof, and a spring having its ends connected with said axle, of upstanding supports having/sockets at their bottoms, adapted'to partially embrace and rest upon said axle, each of said supports having an opening to permit the passage of said spring ends;'brackets having semi-cylindrical sockets partially embracing and resting against the bottom of said axle, said brackets having flanges bolted to the axle flan es' bolts securin the sunas a a; l

porting sockets to the bracket sockets to clamp unon the axle; a semi-elliptical leaf spring onthe top of each of said supports and arranged to be secured to the bottom of a vvehicle body above the corresponding support to vextend longitudinally with respectto-saidvehicle; and threaded sockets, having threaded studs thereon for securing said securing flanges in place, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALONZO oriUNsAKnn. JOHN G. WooDMAnor; Witnesses JOSH A R. H. Porrs, HELEN F. LniLIs. 

